The Library of Virginia's map collection includes about 200 maps relating to the Civil War. There are maps accompanying a report to the governor of Virginia, Confederate imprints, a variety of printed and manuscript maps, mostly of Virginia areas, and a small group of field maps of southwestern Virginia found in books belonging to Major General William W. Loring, CSA. A Guide to Using the Map Collection in the Archives helps researchers navigate the complex variety of maps in the Library's collections.

How to Search the Catalogs:

Conduct a keyword or subject search heading in the catalog using the following examples of Library of Congress subject headings.

The Civil War Map Project includes nearly 200 Civil War cartographic items from the Library's vast map collection originally digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Library, the Library of Congress, and the Virginia Historical Society.

Selected Map Collections

Cowles, Calvin D. comp. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Originally published as Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1891. By George B. Davis, Leslie J. Perry, and Joseph W. Kirkley. New introduction by Richard Sommers. New York: Gramercy Books; Avenel, N.J.: Distributed by Outlook Book Company, 1983.

Stephenson, Richard W. Civil War Maps: An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989.

———.“An Unfamiliar Country: The Commonwealth during the Civil War.” In Virginia in Maps: Four Centuries of Settlement, Growth, and Development. Edited by Richard W. Stephenson and Marianne M. McKee, 189–245. Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 2000.